Scientists find first known human ritual - LiveScience - MSNBC.com
Interesting stuff! Makes me wonder just how long humans have had a form of civilization. Time does tend to remove all traces…
Treehugger: Sweet Potatoes beat Green Roofs at Sinking Heat Islands
Good idea. Gonna have to look into something like this for the q-hut. 
Did an Asteroid Impact Cause an Ancient Tsunami? - New York Times
Quite a large body of evidence that these folks have unearthed. Tis a good read and makes me want to know more.
Ancient Parasites Show that Cleanliness May Have Been Next to Sickliness
Interesting bit of historical research. Shows that not everything “they” say is good for you is actually “good” for you.
BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Lost city ‘could rewrite history’
Don’t you just hate it when that happens…
MIT material stops bleeding in seconds - MIT News Office
If this doesn’t have other really bad side effects it will revolutionize surgery. Article goes into more detail than I have seen elsewhere today.
Teenager moves video icons just by imagination
Getting closer to no moving parts in the input control for computers. Much closer.
periodic spiral - data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics
Interesting concept. Wonder why no one has come up with this before?
Northwest Florida Daily News: Smells like trouble: Parasitic weed sniffs out its prey
A first in the plant world. Interesting read. Now to find a deodorent for tomatoes…
Britain became island in 24 hours | The Register
The dam broke…
Plasma Power Systems - How the Plasma Power System Works
Somewhat simplistic but at least gives a basic understanding of how it works. Trash to gas and power. Cool!
Ice the size of Texas melts in one year - earth - 26 September 2006 - New Scientist
May be this is Earth’s way of telling President George W. Bush that global warming cannot be ignored: in just one year, the perennial sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean has shrunk by nearly three-quarters of a million square kilometres, an area comparable to that of Bush’s home state of Texas.
But will he bother listening. After all he makes it all up anyway… 
Shades of Sci-Fi! I’ve read several stories over the years that delve into something simular. Still got to read the paper. Interesting stuff for sure!
New Scientist Technology Blog: Spaceflight on the cheap
I remember a russian SciFi story (can’t remember the name though) where the people launched rockets off of high altitude balloons to get to an (almost) abandoned space station and then boosted it back into orbit. Wish I could remember the name of the story now. There was a russian cosmonaut on board that had suffered such bone and muscle degeneration that he couldn’t go back to earth and was gonna die when the station deorbited.
Love these bits and pieces of memory…
Glad to see this anyway. Suspect the FAA and probably NASA will move in to stop this on the grounds of national security or something equally lame.
I am so glad to see this! Real tired of these asshats that think just because they WANT something to be that way all they got to do is talk about it loud and long enough and it becomes the truth. Taint so.
LiveScience.com - Despite Rumors, Black Hole Factory Will Not Destroy Earth
But at one a second how do they know? And what happens when their mutual gravitational attraction causes them to join together and make a MUCH bigger one? SciFi land here I know but they really DON’T know either untill they turn it on. And this level of experimentation would be much better done on an uninhabited world a few million miles away…
Deep-sea oil rigs inspire MIT designs for giant wind turbines - MIT News Office
Interesting concept. Though I wonder if tidal or wave energy wouldn’t be better use than wind. Though as the article states the wind that far off shore (100 miles) will be much more constant.
Engine on a chip promises to best the battery - MIT News Office
Looks like MIT is close to getting the micro turbine functional. Article states that they hope to have it operational by the end of the year. 20,000 rpm revolutions per second (thanks for the correction Steve). Sucker is booking!
